Aaaaaah-ah-ah-chew. The outdoors beckon, yet the budding dogwoods, aspens and cedars will continue to say no, no, no to allergy sufferers for at least the next few days.

The culprits are the dry winter and early spring temperatures that have been about 20 degrees warmer than average lately. Denver doesn’t normally reach today’s high temperature, 75 degrees at 3:55 p.m., until May 25. The average 34-hour temperature in Denver this month has been 47.7 degrees, nearly 8 degrees warmer than the 30-year average. Breezy weather doesn’t help, spreading the wealth of pollen to the masses.

The Lower North Fork fire began burning in the 18000 south block of Buffalo Creek Road. More than 900 homes have been evacuated north and east of the fire, and the fire remains zero percent contained. An additional 6,500 people north of the previous evacuation area have been put on pre-evacuation notice.

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